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Web update: Locatelli announces resignation
President accepting larger role in Rome
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University President Paul Locatelli, S.J., announced Friday he is resigning as president at the end of the school year. Locatelli, who is Santa Clara's longest-serving president, is accepting an expanded role with the Jesuits in Rome, which will require him to travel more globally.
Web update: Police search for gunman after fight, arrest two in separate knife robbery
Witness says man had a gun at Washington Street party
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Police searched on and around campus for a man with a gun and arrested two juveniles on suspicion of attempted robbery with a knife during a three-hour period early Sunday morning, authorities said. Approximately a dozen police cars swarmed the southern part of campus and the surrounding streets after a witness at a house party claimed he saw someone pull out a gun during a fight, said Lt. Matt Hogan, a Santa Clara police spokesman.
A growing off-campus empire
Santa Clara plans to build new dorms from 87 properties owned off campus
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Santa Clara owns more than 80 individual properties within a half-mile radius of campus and plans to knock down houses to build new residence halls in the near future, according to university officials and property records.
Council finds theme for diversity programs
Provost's council on diversity 'intentionally moving slowly'
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When pictures of students dressed in stereotypes of Latinos surfaced on Facebook a year ago, they shook up race relations on campus and created dialogue about diversity at Santa Clara.
Campus briefs
Tunnel of Oppression attracts more than 1,000
Locatelli serves Jesuit community in Rome
President prepares for return to campus after longest absence
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University President Paul Locatelli, S.J., is scheduled to return from Rome on March 12, which will end his two-and-a-half-month absence and mark the longest period of time he has been away from the university in his 20 years as president. As the university president's eighth week at the 35th General Congregation comes to a close, administrative operations at the university are "smooth sailing," according to Jim Briggs, executive assistant to the president.
Two student-made films on diversity shown Tuesday
Students cite need for recruitment of more minorities
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About one year after more than 250 university community members marched in silence to protest racism after the south of the border theme party, 14 students gathered to discuss the unresolved diversity challenges on campus.
House hunting: Know before you go
Lease arrangements, landlord-tenant relationships, security deposits all important in search for new home
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It's winter, and house-hunting season is underway for the roughly 50 percent of Santa Clara students who reside in off-campus housing each academic year.
